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1984 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDijon-Prenois, 79 laps
Round5 of 16
Race numbers

The 1984 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 393rd World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 6th and last World Championship race at Dijon-Prenois
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+8(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG791hr 31m 11.951s9
2-1(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault79+7.154s6
3+3(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault79+23.969s4
4+7(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari79+43.706s3
5-3(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault79+1m 06.125s2
6-2(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda78+1 lap1
7-2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG78+1 lap 
8+4(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda78+1 lap 
9+8(ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW78+1 lap 
10+16(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault77+2 laps 
11+3(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW77+2 laps 
DQ (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
12+13(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo74+5 laps 
13+8(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart72+7 laps 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart61DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickRenault53DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo51DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart35DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari33DNF 
R (VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart22DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo15DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW11DNF 
DQ (DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth11DSQ 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW5DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart4DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault   

Notes

  • After the 1984 Dutch Grand Prix, Tyrrell was excluded from the 1984 world championship and disqualified from all races in which they had competed in during 1984 due to technical infringements.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault
2(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
4(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
6(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault
7(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault
8(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW
9(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
10(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
11(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari
12(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda
13(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart
14(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
16(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
17(ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW
18(VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart
19(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
20(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
23(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart
25(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
26(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:02.200 
2(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:02.3360.136
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:02.8060.606
4(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:02.9080.708
5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:02.9820.782
6(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:03.2001.000
7(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:03.5401.340
8(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:03.8651.665
9(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:04.4192.219
10(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:04.4592.259
11(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:04.9172.717
12(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1:05.4103.210
13(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart1:05.7443.544
14(FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault1:05.8503.650
15(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:05.9723.772
16(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:06.1723.972
17(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:06.2814.081
18(ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW1:06.3704.170
19(VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart1:08.1895.989
20(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:08.4576.257
21(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:08.6086.408
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart1:09.0476.847
23(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:09.4477.247
24(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:09.5547.354
25(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart1:09.6297.429
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:11.6259.425
27(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:22.38820.188

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost24
2(AUT) Niki Lauda18
3(FRA) Rene Arnoux13
=(GBR) Derek Warwick13
5(ITA) Elio de Angelis12
6(FIN) Keke Rosberg10
7(ITA) Michele Alboreto9
8(FRA) Patrick Tambay8
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell4
10(ITA) Riccardo Patrese3
=(USA) Eddie Cheever3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
=(BEL) Thierry Boutsen3
14(BRA) Ayrton Senna2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG42
2Ferrari22
3Renault21
4Lotus-Renault16
5Williams-Honda10
6Alfa Romeo6
7Ligier-Renault3
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
9Toleman-Hart2

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Osella (22nd constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
21st for Niki Lauda
34th for McLaren
Podiums
46th for Niki Lauda NEW RECORD
9th for Patrick Tambay (first for Renault)
4th for Nigel Mansell
141st for Lotus
97th for McLaren
37th for Renault
Poles
5th and last for Patrick Tambay (only pole for Renault)
31st for Renault (last until 2003)
Fastest laps
10th for Alain Prost (16th driver to set ten fastest laps, 2nd French driver)
22nd for McLaren
Front row starts
9th and last for Patrick Tambay (only front row start for Renault)
3rd for Elio de Angelis
Points finishes
25th for Patrick Tambay & Elio de Angelis